Showing posts with label Tom Hussain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom Hussain. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Divisive politics impede progress in South Asia (Tom Hussain, Al Jazeera)

Pakistanis protest against India's intelligence agency [EPA]

It's back to business as usual in South Asia, sadly. The window of opportunity that was pried open last November, setting up peace talks between India and Pakistan, and Afghanistan and the Taliban, has all but been slammed shut in the past two weeks.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/divisive-politics-impede-progress-south-asia-160418101136496.html

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Pakistan's politicians also to blame for Lahore attack (Tom Hussain, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan celebrated its national day last Wednesday with a full military parade in Islamabad, for the second consecutive year. The event used to be a routine matter until the Taliban's Pakistani offshoot launched a bloody insurgency that has killed more than 70,000 people since 2007.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/pakistan-politicians-blame-lahore-attack-160328064621091.html

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Afghanistan: Taliban won't talk because it is winning (Tom Hussain, Al Jazeera)

With an air of inevitability, efforts by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group - comprising Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States - to persuade the Taliban to engage in face-to-face peace negotiations have stalled.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/afghanistan-taliban-won-talk-winning-pakistan-isis-160322054137025.html

Sunday, 14 February 2016

The problem with Pakistan's foreign policy (Tom Hussain, Al Jazeera)

If one were to pinpoint the specific juncture at which Pakistan's foreign policy went awry, it would be the military decision in 1990 to ignore the recommendations of a task force that recommended that mujahidin returning from their successful war with the Soviets in Afghanistan be disarmed and prevented from transforming the Kashmir dispute into a violent jihad.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/problem-pakistan-foreign-policy-india-isis-160210110952659.html